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In every [[Medical Drama]], almost every [[Cop Show]], basically any show where the characters often have someone else's life/future in their hands, there will come a time when they will fail and the person they're trying to save will die (or wind up paralyzed, or in jail, or some other long-term bad thing). [[My Greatest Failure|The character will feel incredibly guilty,]] but an understanding friend or colleague - sometimes even the person whose life they just ruined - will insist, "'''You
Usually this helps, and the character is able to move on. Sometimes [[Heroic BSOD|they don't]], and fall into depression, and after a while will have another stock phrase thrown at them: "You can't keep blaming yourself!".
On the other hand, it's sometimes countered with a taunt of "Your best wasn't good enough!" And sometimes, it may ''still'' be good enough to [[Career
Speaking of blaming yourself, [[I Should Have Been Better|there are other]] [[
Compare [[Survivors Guilt]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* It could be interpreted that this is what kicks off the entire plot of Naoki Urasawa's ''[[Monster (
* Pictured above: One of the few times ''[[
** Specifically, he says, "To think that doctors are above life and death is just arrogant, don't you think?" It was his last words.
== [[
* In ''[[Kyon
* In ''[[Ultimate
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Resident Evil (
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'''Matt''': Listen to me. There is nothing else you could've done. }}
* Appears in [[Star Wars]] (Episode IV, ''[[A New Hope]]'') when [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|Obi-Wan]] [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifices himself]] so Luke can escape.
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'''Leia''': There wasn't anything you could have done. }}
* Plio says the exact phrase to Aladar on the Disney movie ''[[Dinosaur]]'' when he fails to rescue Bruton from the rockslide.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (
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* In C. S. Goto's [[Warhammer
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Said a bazillion times, by almost every character, to almost every character, on ''[[ER]]''.
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. Cameron says this to House in the first season episode "Damned If You Do". As expected, [[Dr. Jerk|he doesn't respond kindly]].
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'''House:''' I don’t need verification from you to know that I'm doing my job well. That's your problem, not mine. }}
** Also occurs in season six, when {{spoiler|the patient dies due to a fat embolism, after a leg amputation, which House could not have done anything to prevent}}. When Foreman tells House that is wasn't his fault, House is not consoled because that was exactly what was eating him up; he did everything he could (everything ''anyone'' could) and it still wasn't enough.
* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'': "One Wonderful Day"
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* ''[[Lost]]'': "Whatever the Case May Be"
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* ''[[Friday Night Lights]]''
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* Parodied in ''[[Frasier]]''; an old friend-turned-bitter rival of Martin's is in the hospital with serious problems and Frasier's trying to persuade Martin to bury the hatchet. Martin, typically stubborn, refuses. Frasier gets a phone call, and responds to the caller with a somber "I'm sure you did everything you could..." Martin, who obviously can't hear the other end of the conversation, freaks out and decides to resolve his problems with his old friend. He stubbornly refuses Frasier's offer of a ride to the hospital because he can drive himself. Except he can't; the phone call was from his mechanic, who was calling to tell him that his car's transmission is kaput.
* Abused by [[Magnificent Bastard|Malcolm Tucker]] in ''[[The Thick of It]]''. He tells Glenn and Olly "you tried, you really tried" when they fail to steer Nicola Murray out of an embarrassing photo opportunity... which Malcolm had deliberately steered her into as part of his latest scheme. His reassuring words were [[Manipulative Bastard|just a means of covering it up]].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* After spending half of ''[[
* Parodied brilliantly in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' -- "You can't keep blaming yourself. Blame yourself once, then move on."
** ''[[The Simpsons]]'' did use it straight in the ep with the operation on the dog when the vet throws a dead hamster into a garbage can. [[Black Comedy|The garbage can has a little basketball hoop on it -- it's clearly not the first time he's chucked a small dead animal into the garbage.]]
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